how much did you pay for catering?

How much did you pay for catering or having an open buffet? Im not sure what to expect, I came across a $15,000 charge ( 75 per person — 200 guests ) — Its way to expensive! So how much is a good ” budget ” for the buffet?

I am in the Boston area (read: expensive!) and we priced out caterers for 150 people for a seated dinner, and we got quotes around $13,000 including all of the rentals we would need so it sounds like that’s pretty standard…but that’s on par for Boston and if you live outside of a major city I’d look elsewhere….

Catering is very expensive in our area, so we had get creative. we decided to have a buffet style dinner and ordered trays of food from a friendor caterer. we paid slightly over $1100 for enough food to feed 175 guests plus we had left overs. If you are open to buffet style you will save a lot if you use an independent caterer who doesnt serve the food and just delivers it.